- Reclamation
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- Area Offices
Area Offices
Area Offices and Field Offices
California-Great Basin Regional Office
The Interior Region 10 · California-Great Basin, one of five Reclamation regions, covers the northern two-thirds of California, most of western Nevada and part of southern Oregon. The region fulfills water obligations for agriculture, power generation, water conservation, water recycling and reuse while protecting of natural and federally protected cultural resources.
Central California Area Office
The Central California Area Office is headquartered at Folsom Dam, 23 miles east of California's capital city of Sacramento, with resource offices located at New Melones Dam and Lake Berryessa. The Area Office manages water and land resources in 12 counties, including facilities of the Central Valley Project - American River and East Side Divisions, and facilities of the Solano Project.
Klamath Basin Area OfficeAuthorized in 1905 under the Reclamation Act of 1902, the Klamath Project is one of the earliest federal water projects in the western United States. Located in Southern Oregon and Northern California, specifically in Klamath County, Oregon, and Siskiyou and Modoc counties in California, the Project serves approximately 230,000 irrigable acres and supports two national wildlife refuges: Lower Klamath and Tule Lake. As constructed, it provides a primary irrigation water source 18 irrigation, drainage, and improvement districts. Water is stored and released from Upper Klamath Lake, Clear Lake, and Gerber reservoirs, with additional supply from the flows of the Klamath and Lost rivers. This water is delivered through an extensive network of diversion structures, canals, laterals, and pumps.
The Lahontan Basin Area Office (LBAO) has jurisdiction over a large area of the Great Basin including most of the northern two thirds of Nevada with a small amount of overlap into California and Oregon. Much of this expanse was covered by ancient Lake Lahontan that existed during the last ice age, and whose surface area peaked nearly 13,000 years ago at 8500 square miles.
Northern California Area Office
The Northern California Area Office (NCAO) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of Shasta, Keswick, Trinity, Lewiston, Spring Creek Debris, Whiskeytown, and Buckhorn Dams, including powerplants and appurtenant facilities.
South-Central California Area Office
The South-Central California Area Office (SCCAO) is responsible for managing land and water resources in the southern half of the Interior Region 10 · California-Great Basin. Generally bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the north, the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east, the Tehachappi Mountains to the southeast, and Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties to the southwest, SCCAO has jurisdiction over approximately 2.5 million acres of irrigated lands, which represents about 25% of the Bureau-wide total.
Specialized Offices
The breadth and diversity of Bay-Delta activities, and the need for timely and effective solutions, place extraordinary demands on Reclamation. The Bay-Delta Office centralizes program management and staff expertise to help ensure that Reclamation effectively responds to the urgent needs of the Bay-Delta.
Central Valley Operations Office
The Central Valley Operations Office (CVOO) directs, supports, and integrates Reclamation's water and power operations of the Central Valley Project as well as providing technical support across the California-Great Basin Region. Through its activities, the CVOO contributes to implementing Reclamation's mission to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner.
The Regional Construction Office (RCO), created in 1990 to manage Reclamation’s burgeoning construction program, is the cornerstone of all preconstruction, onsite construction management, and construction contract administration throughout southern Oregon, western Nevada, and central and northern California.
